Wesel
Title
Wesel
Description
Target photograph of Wesel. Some roads and railway tracks can be seen in the upper half while at the centre there are several plumes of smoke. The whole area is covered by thin cloud.
It is captioned: "2952 MEP. 16.2.45//7" 19,000' 112º 1600 WESEL. D. 1HC4000,9ANM64DT,2GP250IT,1MC500DT. C5 SECS8 F/O O'MALLEY. F.75."
The reverse of the photograph is annotated: "[unclear] Robinson" and " No 8 [unclear]".
Also a handwritten note: "WESEL:- BOMBING THROUGH CLOUD. LANCASTER WITH ROBINSON - AIR BOMBER FIRST OVER TARGET AND ON TARGET ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".
It is captioned: "2952 MEP. 16.2.45//7" 19,000' 112º 1600 WESEL. D. 1HC4000,9ANM64DT,2GP250IT,1MC500DT. C5 SECS8 F/O O'MALLEY. F.75."
The reverse of the photograph is annotated: "[unclear] Robinson" and " No 8 [unclear]".
Also a handwritten note: "WESEL:- BOMBING THROUGH CLOUD. LANCASTER WITH ROBINSON - AIR BOMBER FIRST OVER TARGET AND ON TARGET ← FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT".
Creator
Date
1945-02-16
Temporal Coverage
Language
Type
Format
One b/w photograph, one page handwritten note
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Rights
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Identifier
PRobinsonS18010013, PRobinsonS18010014, PRobinsonS18010015
Collection
Citation
Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Wesel,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/46412.
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